318is M60 swap

[e30s50dan]

E30m3 driveshaft will work...finding one,well!

[LoneWolf]

Some progress over the past few days.

I was able to get the pin holes in my oil pan taken care of and began modifying my coolant crossover with the help of my friend and his tig welder.

Need to place an order for some misc. hardware and a few gaskets. Hoping if ordered tonight it will be her by the weeks end.

So I started reassembling the engine, new knock sensors, gaskets, timing things.



I will post a pic of the coolant crossover once it is done, the expansion and return line is not gonna be pretty.



Got a few questions though.

Been looking into the driveshaft modification that I will need to do, going 6-speed. I am a little confused......
Will the e36 m3 driveshaft work with my 6-speed? Or is that only for the 5-speed?
If not I could use the larger flange from one though correct?

Also anyone keep a/c on their swap or know of any builds that did? Trying to figure out how I can mount the engine mount if the a/c bracket uses the holes I need for the engine mount. And how much room the compressor will take up, if I would even have room to but the engine mount there.

Oh and I set my coil packs on, they don't feel like the clicked into the sparkplugs? Are they supposed to or do they only make contact? I am wondering if these Bosche plugs are wrong somehow?

[LoneWolf]

I'm running dual 2.5". I think stock is dual 2.25" (or the closest metric equivalent). For a stock m60, 2.25" is probably fine. e39 M5's use dual 2.5".

Thanks I was trying to sort that out. Hopefully I didn't go too big with my primary pipes....

[JGood]

I'm running dual 2.5". I think stock is dual 2.25" (or the closest metric equivalent). For a stock m60, 2.25" is probably fine. e39 M5's use dual 2.5".

[LoneWolf]

What exhaust sizes are you guys running on your m60?

[dougie30]

damn that is some serious texture, and those timing covers came out nice keep it coming

[LoneWolf]

Still curing but you can see the texture coming up.


The timing covers painted.

[LoneWolf]

great meeting you today crazy this build was going on less then a mile from my house (ok a couple if you don't straight line it). hope to see more of it and cant wait to see it fire up.

Thanks man. Good meeting you as well. Got a few thing done today.

After straightening my oil pan last week I did a little leak test with some water. I have two spots that had a slight drip after waiting an hour or so. Going to take care of that tomorrow night, my buddy will work his tig wizardry.

Removed the airbag and abs sensors. Cut off the brackets and ground them flat. Need to throw some spray bomb on it to stop the rust for now. Also started removing the wiring. Need to get the wire out at the fuse box.

Painted my valve covers with the wrinkle paint. I will post up some pics once they are done curing. Kind of worried I didn't put it down thick enough..... We will see.

[Minty_Fresh]

great meeting you today crazy this build was going on less then a mile from my house (ok a couple if you don't straight line it). hope to see more of it and cant wait to see it fire up.

[JGood]

Mine was warped more then 1/32", and it's still sealed fine 7k miles later, so I bet you'll be fine. It pulled straight when I tightened the bolts with very little torque.

[LoneWolf]

^^^^these are 1994 540i mounts. I'm building my own engine mounts though so I won't have the alignment issues you're having.

Soooo my new oil pan came in from ebay. Pulled it out of the box and noticed one of the mounts for the power steering was sheeted off.



I was pretty annoyed, I was gonna have to wait another week to get another and then time getting it modified.

Didn't have anything to lose trying to fix the old pan so what the heck.
The little map gas torch wasn't enough last time, went a little bigger.




We were able to get the oil pan back to straight without cracking it. There is one section that has about 1/32" raised up. Hoping that some gasket maker seals it.

[CMart]

This is the photo I've been searching for in regards to the motor mount positioning.

Let me know how your motor mounts end up sitting on there.

[LoneWolf]

Many boxes, much work to do.

[LoneWolf]

Did some work tonight and got the master cylinder mounted to the hydroboost. I need to verify some hardware tomorrow and get some lines made soon.

Steering rack is in, greased and new boots. I had to do some grinding on the firewall to get the e36m3 rack to line up with the steering column.
Stock steering joint is modified. Not sure how much room I will have for exhaust. But hopefully making my own headers will let it clear.


Still need to massage the inner fender a bit to clear the hydraulic lines.

[LoneWolf]

Has anyone made their own headers for the m60 yet? Contemplating ordering a bunch of mild steel prebent stuff.

1-3/4" seem about right for the primaries? Or is that too big?

Anyone know the grade of stainless that the bmw manifolds are?